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/ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/ · verb
(transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on..
But we desire, most unhesitatingly to condemn and vilipend a system of continual abuse, intended to fall upon the provincial Government, but in reality reaching and injuring the public at large.
But, for all their feint of nonchalance, these young persons have no other task in life but to explain and extol their own conduct and to vilipend their critics and opponents.
Use vilipend when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vilipend means (transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on..
Common synonyms include belittle, contemn, misprize, slight.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But we desire, most unhesitatingly to condemn and vilipend a system of continual abuse, intended to fall upon the provincial Government, but in reality reaching and injuring the public at large.
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